Saturday, September 22, 2007
Autumn so far in The Blue Garden has been rain, rain, rain, and even frost one night. Then, when the sun at last broke through the skies a new world came to live. My daily early morning garden walk became a play with the sun rays. As the day passed I realised the very best key to fight my cold was... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Shine Light.
After a dark morning the light can be almost too much for your eyes, and a few clouds can be a blessing. God's light is too bright for us, and he covers us in love to protect us from his almighty holiness, his burning light. Though sometimes he let his light shine directly on us. At Lindisfarne, The... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Tidal Island
Lindisfarne is an island at high tide, part of the mainland at low tide. Magnus Magnusson describes it like this - "when Aidan chose this site for hallowed work, it was the ambiguous insularity which must have helped inspire its election - this being of the mainland but not on it, this being of the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Reflections from the Blue Table - Harvesting.
One of the squirrels which visit The Blue Garden daily, is very busy these days. She collects sunflower seeds and bury them. Little squirrel is saving food for the winter and is not aware that seeds planted in soil grow. The result is that sunflowers pop up everywhere in The Blue Garden. The... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Epigraph.
A gravestone has the inscription "She loved to travel" The words made me stop and think about my own life. This could have been my epigraph; "She loved to travel" I am packing today. For a week in England. First a couple of days in Durham, then The Holy Island Lindisfarne. I will travel all alone.... Sign in to see full entry.